Pulverizing condiment-holder.



Nd. 737,267. M I PATENTED AUG.25,1903. c. B. OVERBAUGH.

PULVERIZING GONDI MENT HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED 11120.11, 1902.

H0 IODEL.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY UNITED STATEs Patented August 25, 1903.

I N T OFFICE.-

PU LVERIZING CONDIME NT-HOLDER SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 737,267, dated August 25, 1903. Application filed December 11, 1902. Serial No. 134,759. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES B. OVERBAUGH,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain. new and useful Improvements in Pulverizing- Condiment-Holders, of which the followingis. a specification.

The invention relatesto improvements in pulverizing condiment holders or receptacles; and it consists inthe novel features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of the invention is to produce a salt-cellar or like receptacle having efficient means for preventing the caking of the salt or other material therein and for insuring. the proper discharge of the same throughthe perforated top or cap of the receptacle;

A further object of the invention is to pro duce an eficient agitator for the interior of the holder or receptacle which will adapt itself to the varying diametersof such receptacle.

Difficulties have heretofore been experienced in the constructioniof rotary agitators for the interior of condiment-receptacles,-due to the fact thatwhen such receptacles are made of glass they frequently vary in, depth and diameter even when intended to beof the same 7 general size; and one purpose of my invention.

---jis to provide a rotary agitator which may be adapted to the varyingconditions'as'to the interior of the receptacles.

A furtherobject of the invention'is to provide a rotary agitator for condiment holders or receptacles which during use will not likely become coated with the substance contained in the receptacle, there being provided in accordance withmy inve'ntion a weight which during the shaking. of the receptacle'will so vibrate or jarthe agitator as to prevent the accumulation thereon of the substance contained within the receptacle. j

The invention will be fullyunderstood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had" to theaccompanying drawings,'in which Figure 1 is a central vertical section through 50 a salt-cellar constructed in accordance with and embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the cap of the receptacle with myrattachment applied thereto, the body of the receptacle being omitted. Fig. 3 is an enlarged edge View, partly broken away,'of' my attachment for the receptacle. Fig. 4 is i a central vertical sectional view of same on for the receptacle, this attachment compris 7o ing atubular rod 12, extending freely through a central aperture in the cap 11 and carrying the horizontal spider-frame 13and suspended agitator-frame 14, while withini the tubular rod 12 is confined a movable weight 15, which during. the shaking of the receptacle 10 may reciprocate between the closed ends of said rod 12. The tubular Irod 12 is preferably for'medof two telescopic sections 16 17, and within these sections 16 17 is formed a chamher within which is confined the movable weight 15: The sections 16 and 17 are preyented from turning axially upon=each other by reason of the fact that one of said sections is formed with a small lug 18, adapted to be confined within a vertical groove 19, formed in the other of said sections, the purposes of said lug and groove being to prevent during the axialrotation of the attachment the turning of the section 16 within the section 17 and topermit. of a proper telescopic action of said sections with respect to each other when required: The section 16 extends upwardly through the central aperture in thecap 1'1 andis formed with an annular bead 20, upon which the spider-frame 13 may rest, saidspider-frame 13 being} as illustrated in'Fig. 1, close up under the .lower surfaceof the cap 11 and being rigid with the section 16, so as to rotate therewith when .the section 16 is lQO given an axial motion. The section 17 fits upon the lower portion of the section 16 and is below the cap 11 and spider-frame 13, and this section 17 at its lower end is slotted to receive the upper transverse bar 21 of the agitator-frame 14, the latter being carried by and rigid with the said section 17 and the said bar 21 being exposed to the action of the weight 15 during the reciprocation of the latter when the receptacle is shaken, as hereinafter explained.

The spiderframe 13 will preferably be formed by being stamped out of sheet metal and is equipped with radial fingers or members, as shown in Fig. 2, extending close below the lower surface of the cap 11, and this frame 13 will during the axial turning of the rod 12 clear the lower surface of said cap and facilitate the exit of the salt or other material through the perforations thereof.

The agitator-frame 14 is formed from a single rod of wire whose middle portion constitntes the transverse bar 21, from one end of which the wire is bent downwardly to form the member 22, thence laterally to form the bottom member 23, and thence upwardly to form the side member 24, while from the other end of said transverse bar 21 the wire is carried downwardly to form the vertical member 25, thence laterally to form the lower member 26, and thence upwardly to form the side member 27, said members 24 27 being in close relation to the inner side walls of the receptacle 10, while the members 23 26 are in close proximity to the inner surface of the bottom of said receptacle 10, as shown in Fig. 1. The members 22 25 are in the nature of springs and they permit the members 24 27 of the agitator-frame to be pressed inwardly toward each other when the attachment is being inserted into the receptacle 10, the said side members 24 27 being thus adaptable to the varying diameters of the interior of receptacles 10. The lower members 23 26 of the agitator-frame are not fastened together, and hence may move upon each other as the side members 24 2'7 are moved toward or from each other. It is desirable also that the agitatorframe 14 may be capable of vertical adj ustment, because it is found when the recep tacles 10 are made of glass that the thickness of the bottom of same varies considerably, and it is for this reason that I form the tubular rod 12 of telescopic or adjustable sections 16 17, so that, for illustration, should a rcceptacle 10 have a bottom less in thickness than that illustrated in Fig. 1 said rod 12 may be extended vertically, so that the lower members 23 26 of the agitator-frame may reach the lower end of the receptacle. The agitatorframe is thus adaptable to the varying conditions of the interior of the receptacles 10 and is rendered capable of engaging both the sides and bottom of same.

In the employment of my invention it will be obvious that upon turning the tubular rod 12 axially the frame 13 will clean the lower surface of the cap 11 and that the agitator frame 14 will pass through and loosen up the salt or other material contained within the receptacle. Upon the shaking of the receptacle for the purpose of discharging the contents therefrom in the usual manner the weight 15 will be reciprocated within the tubular rod 12 and will strike the opposite ends )f the same, thereby facilitating the clearing 1f the apertures in the cap 11 and the discharge of the contents of the receptacle through said apertures. The movement of the weight 15 is important also because it will jar the wire agitator-frame 14 and loosen any salt or other material therefrom, thereby preventing the said agitator-frame from becom ing incrusted. The movement of the weight 15 is also important because should the agitator-frame 14 when placed Within the receptacle 10 not reach the bottom of the same the striking of said weight against the transverse bar 21 of said frame will operate to move said frame to its extreme position, causing the section 17 of the tubular rod 12 to slide outwardly upon the section 16 of said rod, said rod 12 thus becoming extended, so as to enable the lower members of the agitatorframe 14 to reach the bottom of the receptacle.

In Fig. l'the inner side walls of the receptacle 10 are slightly tapered, and the side members 24 27 of the agitator-frame are thus on downwardlyconverging lines adapting themselves to the inclination of the walls of the receptacle; but some salt-cellars and other receptacles have a somewhat globular or elliptical interior, and for such receptacles the side members 24 27 of the agitator-frame 14 will be given a general curved outline, as illustrated in Fig. (3, so as to adapt them for the inner side walls of such receptacles.

The confining of the weight 15 within the tubular rod 12 is of advantage in several respects, one being that it does not disfigure the attachment, another that it is excluded from contact with the substance that may be discharged from the receptacle 10 during the shaking of the latter, and another that it permits of the employment of a tubular rod 12, having smooth surfaces of a diameter enabling the ready axial turning of the entire attachment. The confining of the weight 15 within the tubular rod 12 also enables-said weight at one end of its stroke to effectually jar the agitator-frame 14 without striking the cap 11.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The receptacle having the perforated cap, combined with the tubular rod extending through said cap, an agitator-frame carried within said receptacle by said rod, and the movable weight confined within said rod; substantially as set forth.

2. The receptacle having the perforated cap, combined with the tubular rod. extending through said cap, an agitator-frame carried within said receptacle by said rod, the frame 13 carried by said rod above said agitatorframe, and the movable weight confined within said rod; substantially as set forth.

The receptacle having the perforated cap,

combined with the tubular rod extending through said cap and formed of telescopic sections equipped with means for preventing said sections from turning one upon the other, an agitator-frame carried within said receptacle by said rod, and the movable weight confined within said rod; substantially as set forth.

6. The receptacle having the perforated cap, combined with the rod extending through said cap for manual operation, and the agitatorframe 14 carried by said rod Within said receptacle and comprising the parallel separated vertical springmembers 22, 25 extending downwardly at opposite sides of the vertical center of the receptacle, the lower horizontal members 23, 26 extending laterally in opposite directions from the lower ends of said members 22, 25 respectively to the opposite sides of said receptacle, and the spring members 24, 27 extending upwardly along the walls ofsaid receptacle from the outer ends of said members 23, 26 respectively; substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 9th day of December, A. D. 1902.

CHARLES B. OVERBAUGH.

Witnesses:

CHAS. O. GILL, I ARTHUR MARION. 

